(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Werner Löwisch
Born: 22 Feb 1894 in Eisenach
Died: 06 Jun 1971 in Neuenburg, Schwarzwald
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (12 Apr 1913); Leutnant zur See (22 Mar 1915); Oberleutnant zur See (25 Dec 1917); Kapitänleutnant (01 Jun 1922); Korvettenkapitän (01 Aug 1930); Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1935); Kapitän zur See (01 Feb 1937); Konteradmiral (01 Apr 1941); Vizeadmiral (01 Jul 1944)
Career:
Entered the Navy and Attended Basic-Training and Seekadett on Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hansa’ (01 Apr 1912-31 Mar 1913)
Naval-School Mürwik and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1913-01 Aug 1914)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Roon’ (02 Aug 1914-27 Jan 1916)
On Board the Liner ‘Preußen’ (28 Jan 1916-23 Aug 1916)
Training at the Submarine-School and Placed to the Disposal of the II. Submarine-Flotilla (03 Sep 1916-27 Dec 1916)
Watch-Officer on ‘U 24’ of the III. Submarine-Flotilla (28 Dec 1916-02 Sep 1917)
Watch-Officer on ‘U 4’ of the Submarine-School (28 Oct 1917-30 Nov 1917)
Watch-Officer on ‘U 108’ of the IV. Submarine-Flotilla (05 Dec 1917-20 Nov 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the IV. Submarine-Flotilla then of the Inspection of Submarine Affairs (21 Nov 1918-25 Jan 1919)
Watch-Officer with the 7th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (26 Jan 1919-28 Feb 1919)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 158’ of the 1st Baltic-Sea-Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (01 Mar 1919-15 Jun 1919)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 158’ of the 1st Baltic-Sea-Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (16 Jun 1919-13 Jul 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander of Sea Forces of the Baltic Sea, Ships-Cadre of the III. Flotilla (14 Jul 1920-22 Aug 1920)
Boat-Commandant with the 6th Half-Flotilla (23 Aug 1920-09 Nov 1921)
Boat-Commandant with the 5th Half-Flotilla (10 Nov 1921-01 Jan 1922)
Survey-Course on the Survey-Ship ‘Panther’ (02 Jan 1922-31 Mar 1922)
Watch, Navigation and Survey Officer on the Survey-Ship ‘Panther’ (01 Apr 1922-06 Jun 1925)
Adjutant of the Chief of Naval Command (23 Jul 1925-27 Sep 1927)
Watch and Roll Officer on the Liner ‘Elsaß’ (28 Sep 1927-22 Sep 1929)
Instructor at the Naval-School Mürwik (23 Sep 1929-14 Sep 1931)
At the same time, Company-Leader at the Naval-School Mürwik (23 Sep 1929-16 Nov 1930)
Navigation-Officer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (15 Sep 1931-24 Sep 1934)
1st Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (25 Sep 1934-05 Sep 1937)
At the same time, Acting-Chief Of Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (16 Mar 1936-26 Aug 1936)
Commandant of the Light Cruiser ‘Leipzig’ (02 Oct 1937-06 Mar 1939)
Naval-Attaché at the German Embassy in Rome (03 Apr 1939-13 Sep 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the German Naval-Command Italy (14 Sep 1943-02 Oct 1943)
Chief of Naval-Liaison-Staff Croatia (03 Oct 1943-30 Jun 1944)
Commanding Admiral Adriatic (04 Jul 1944-16 Jul 1944)
Commander of the German Naval Command Italy (17 Jul 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Commander-in-Chief of Naval-High-Command South (01 Jan 1945-02 May 1945)
In Captivity (02 May 1945-25 Jun 1947)
Released (25 Jun 1947)

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